Well I see you're all lining up spoiling for a big argument even though the only person on this thread who has had anything bad to say about electric players was the OP, though he does not expand on what he doesn't like, and bizarrely seems to use it as a reason to justify playing electric himself.


It is very easy for me to "justify my stubborn prejudice" against electric guitars *in an acoustic session*. It is simply this: that in my experience, players of electric instruments are simply unable to resist the temptation to TURN IT UP and play over everyone else all the time. LOUD LOUD LOUD. No matter whether they walk into a session carrying an amp, or whether they think they are being subtle by having some sort of mini box strapped to their acoustic. I can't say whether all electric players have damaged their hearing through overexposure to loud music, or whether it's old age, or whether they just think that they're little bit better than the rest of us. I am not pleased to see them when they show up. Thankfully it does not happen that often.


On the other hand, go to any open mic night and 90-95% of the guitars will use pickups, no matter what the instrument itself looks like or how it is played. In that context, who cares.